Melissa Barker-Simpson

Tag: writing practice

  • The Contract – Part 3

    The Contract – Part 3

    To celebrate the release of my new novel, Contained, I will be posting weekly chapters from the prequel to the Fractured Series, The Contract. This third installment is a week late, so my apologies for the delay. Chapter 3 Maddison woke slowly, disorientated from her dream. She had been in the arms of a Nrikabat, pressed […]

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  • The Contract – Part 2

    The Contract – Part 2

    To celebrate the release of my new novel, Contained, I will be posting weekly chapters from the prequel to the Fractured Series, The Contract. Chapter 2 The smell registered first. Slapping her awake like a handful of salts; strong enough to make her eyes water and her stomach heave in protest. The aroma of death and […]

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  • The Contract – Part 1

    To celebrate the release of my new novel, Contained, I will be posting weekly chapters from the prequel to the Fractured Series, The Contract. Today is the first chapter, which includes a brief prologue. Prologue In the beginning, there was darkness, and at the very centre, at the heart of it, was a light so […]

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  • Labno & Carter – Episode 4

    HOUSE OF HORRORS Rather than suffer Dan’s bear with a sore head routine, and because it was on the way, I detoured back home. I knew he’d have at least two sets of threads to choose from, so I left him to gear up and went ahead to Sahara’s property. When I arrived, the narrow […]

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